#ABA042#ABA042

#ABA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA042
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -7.89, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 49.79, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0253 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.116 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3499, 34.1940, 10.1546)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA042 #424DAB

analogous

#AB6C42 #ABA042 #82AB42

triadic

#ABA042 #42ABA0 #A042AB

tetradic

#ABA042 #42AB6C #424DAB #AB4282

square

#ABA042 #42AB6C #424DAB #AB4282

split-complementary

#ABA042 #4282AB #6C42AB

monochromatic

#534D20 #7F7731 #ABA042 #C4BA66 #D5CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ABA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#ABA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA042

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA042	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb7a',
    500: '#aba042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba042;
$custom-light: #c7bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69657,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA042

secondary

#888EC0

accent

#61D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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